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Giant desert hairy scorpion

Hadrurus arizonensis
Ka lebitso: Its common name comes from the brown hairs that cover its body.1
Ha e na kotsiHa e na kotsi ho batho. Ha ho letho la ho tshwenyeha.
Diphepheng Ho hlabaE ja: Nama
Kotsi ho batho: E bobebeJwaloka ho hlajwa ke notshi kapa ho fetang moo. Ha e na kotsi ho batho.

The giant desert hairy scorpion is the largest scorpion in North America. It lives in the hot deserts of the southwest United States and northwest Mexico. Its sting is painful, but its venom is not strong enough to be fatal.1

E phela
Sonoran and Mojave deserts of the southwest USA (Arizona, southern California, southern Nevada, south-west Utah) and north-west Mexico1
Amerika Leboya
Lapeng
It lives in abandoned burrows, small caves and crevices, usually in and around washes or low valleys. It also visits ornamental plants and irrigated lawns, which attract the beetles and other insects it eats. It lives at about 900 to 1800 m above sea level.1
Bolelele
10 cm ho isa ho 18 cm (3,9 in ho isa ho 7,1 in)1
Boima
4 g ho isa ho 7 g (0,1 oz ho isa ho 0,2 oz)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 2,6 km/h (1,6 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
It eats large insects and spiders, and sometimes small lizards, rodents and other scorpions. It usually waits still and senses vibrations from nearby prey, then grabs it with its pincers and stings it to subdue it.1
Ka nnete!Foto ya Giant desert hairy scorpion
Giant desert hairy scorpion. Foto: Robb Hannawacker, while working for Joshua Tree National Park. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • Usually tan to olive-green, with a darker back and yellow pedipalps, legs and tail1
  • Body covered in brown hairs, which give it its common name1
  • Crab-like pincers1
  • Length of 10 to 18 cm, with an average of 15 cm1
  • Females have wider, stockier bodies; males have larger pincers1

Hangata e ferekanngwa le: A similar species is Hadrurus spadix. Hadrurus is a genus of large hairy scorpions found in the United States.1

Matla a chefo

Ho hlaba

Chefo e tswa ka lemao le hlabang.

Chefo ya yona (eo e e kenyang ka ho loma kapa ho hlaba) e etsang?

Its venom is not very potent, but the sting is commonly compared in pain to a honeybee sting. The venom is used to immobilise prey. Allergic reactions are uncommon, but they can cause difficulty breathing, excessive swelling and prolonged pain.1

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

Kotsi ho batho: E bobebeJwaloka ho hlajwa ke notshi kapa ho fetang moo. Ha e na kotsi ho batho.

Its venom is not potent enough to be fatal. Most stings are compared to a honeybee sting in pain. Serious allergic reactions are uncommon but possible.1

E etsang ha e tshohile?

When provoked, it is active and aggressive, and it stings more often when it senses a predator such as a Norway rat by smell.1

Haeba e hlaba

  • Pholisa moo e hlabileng teng ka pakete ya leqhwa mme o boloke motho a sa sisinyehe. Fumana thuso ya bongaka kapele, haholoholo bakeng sa bana: diphepheng tse ding di bolaya bana.

Kamehla letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Ena ke tataiso e akaretsang ya thuso ya pele, hase keletso ya bongaka. Metheo ya thuso ya pele

Dula o bolokehile

  • O se ke wa ama, wa tshwara kapa wa tena phoofolo ya naheng, leha e le e nyenyane, le leha e shebahala e robetse kapa e shwele.
  • E fe sebaka. Ha o kopana le yona, dula o kgutsitse, kgutlela morao butle mme o e tlohele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yona.
  • Haeba e nngwe e o hlaba: dula o kgutsitse, o se ke wa sisinyeha, letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso (112, 000, 911) kapa o ye sepetlele kapele. Hopola hore e ne e shebahala jwang, foto e a thusa.

Ha e o batle. E sebedisa chefo ya yona ho tshwara dijo kapa ho itshireletsa, mme e kgetha ho ipata. Ho eketsehileng ka ho dula o bolokehile

Hokae lefatsheng?

AfrikaAsiaYuropaAmerika LeboyaAmerika BorwaAustralia le Oceania

E kgolo hakae?

E telele hakae?

Giant desert hairy scorpion bolelele ba e ka bang 18 cm (7,1 in)Banana e ka bang 18 cm (7,1 in)Katse ya lapeng e ka bang 50 cm (1,6 ft)

E boima hakae?

e boima jwaloka diklipi tsa pampiri tse 7
e telele jwaloka diboloko tsa ho bapala tse 6 molenge bobebe hoo o neng o ke ke wa e utlwa letsohong la haoe ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 140 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

Giant desert hairy scorpion e kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?

Ke dipalo feela ka hara sebatli sa hao. Ha ho letho le bolokwang kapa le romelwang kae kapa kae.

E potlaka hakae?

ho molemo ho tseba

Dintlha

1

Small snakes may make up to 10% of its diet, according to field observations.1

2

Its blood-like fluid, called hemolymph, can kill some bacteria within 1 to 2 minutes in favourable conditions, according to a 2021 study.1

3

It is the largest scorpion in North America.1

4

It digs deep burrows, up to 2.5 m long, and comes out at night to hunt and find mates.1

5

It can sense vibrations in the soil through its brown hairs.1

Ho senya ditshomo

Tshomo: Big scorpions have dangerous venom.

Nnete: Although this scorpion is big, its venom is not very potent and is not fatal.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Hadrurus arizonensis
Sehlopha
Diphepheng
Lelapa
Hadruridae2
Tatelano
Scorpiones
Dikontinente
Amerika Leboya
Masea
It gives birth to live young. The young stay on the mother's back for a week or more before leaving.1
Kotsi ho batho
1 / 5: E bobebe3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Hadrurus arizonensis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Hadrurus arizonensis (iNaturalist): mabitso le tlhophiso.
  3. Venom Wiki: boemo ba kotsi, boholo bo tlwaelehileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kamoo re di balang ka teng: Kamoo re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.

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